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reagan's political career and ronald reagan as governor of california and ronald reagan as president of the tranny. he's also done biographies of jimmy carter and winston churchill. he has a distinct background reduce active in a number of organizations including the pacific research institute. he's had a great deal of experiences, a bradley fellow, here at the heritage foundation and also has done a number of things, including being a member of the california citizens compensation commission, and in various other academic pursuits. but today for our purposes he has done a particularly important thing, and that is look at the modern presidency, that is from woodrow wilson through the presidency of barack obama. one of the things he has done is looked at it from a different angle than most be writing about president. he has looked at from the standpoint of how have presidents done in regard, particularly in the modern era, in regard to what the constitution and the founders had in mind for the presidency of the united states. this distinguishes him from a number of the people who have
reagan's political career and ronald reagan as governor of california and ronald reagan as president of the tranny. he's also done biographies of jimmy carter and winston churchill. he has a distinct background reduce active in a number of organizations including the pacific research institute. he's had a great deal of experiences, a bradley fellow, here at the heritage foundation and also has done a number of things, including being a member of the california citizens compensation commission,...
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the ghost of ronald reagan haunting president obama. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. mr. obama opened up a new front in his battle against mitt romney today by going back to the tax the rich mantra. the president trying to force romney in to defending wealthy americans by opposing tax increases on them. so, say hello once again to our little friend, class warfare. but here is an interesting side bar. the ghost of ronald reagan may be haunting president obama. 32 years ago america was also in bad economic times. the incumbent president jimmy carter had expanded the federal government and lost control of the private sector. unemployment and inflation were very big problems. the challenger, ronald reagan, took full advantage of that portraying carter as incompetent and, of course, reagan won the election. on january 20th, 1981, ronald reagan said this in his inaugural address. >> those who do work are denied a fair return for their labor by a tax system which penalizes successful achievement and keeps us from mai
the ghost of ronald reagan haunting president obama. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. mr. obama opened up a new front in his battle against mitt romney today by going back to the tax the rich mantra. the president trying to force romney in to defending wealthy americans by opposing tax increases on them. so, say hello once again to our little friend, class warfare. but here is an interesting side bar. the ghost of ronald reagan may be haunting president obama. 32 years...
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frank and lows but was always ronald reagan's favorite president and inspiration. his father got a new deal job -- even when he was president -- one ronald reagan was president there was an exhibit of roosevelt's correspondents at the smithsonian and he went with misses bang right in to look at them and some reporters were badgering him -- he went with mr.s regan and it will badgering him about eliminating the new deal, and he wrote in his diaries it was never his goal to eliminate the new deal but to limit the great society. >> you mentioned particularly in the 1930's and 1920's that there was a lack of national confidence, there was no single national purpose, and you say in the book that it had all been held together with compromise, which is an interesting, these days, a loaded word, and it was after pearl harbor, it was compelling -- i think the word you used was compelled. how do you read that in today's world? >> the differences are clear. the country was more homogeneous than. and so, to become a unified -- >> we say that, but is it true? the north was quit
frank and lows but was always ronald reagan's favorite president and inspiration. his father got a new deal job -- even when he was president -- one ronald reagan was president there was an exhibit of roosevelt's correspondents at the smithsonian and he went with misses bang right in to look at them and some reporters were badgering him -- he went with mr.s regan and it will badgering him about eliminating the new deal, and he wrote in his diaries it was never his goal to eliminate the new deal...
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protected what ronald reagan called the shining city on the hill. the middle east is undergoing an historic shift. the iranian quest for nuclear weapons is perhaps the gravest threat to the global order we have seen since the collapse of communism. as populism realigns the muslim world, the lines between sects of islam are sharpening. have foughtshias for centuries and iran, the most political exporter of terrorism, wants to probe nuclear weapons into that mix. people often ask, would iran dare to use nuclear weapons? i ask you -- can we afford to believe they will not? can we afford to believe that china, which just this month announced a 12% increase in military spending, will allow our pacific allies to live in peace? ronald reagan master the art of keeping this nation out of hostilities. today, we tend to forget that we are a nation at war. though the mission is in a far off land and in an unfamiliar culture, we also forget the sacrifices of a generation. , our new greatest generation, that have kept us say since the september 11 attacks. califo
protected what ronald reagan called the shining city on the hill. the middle east is undergoing an historic shift. the iranian quest for nuclear weapons is perhaps the gravest threat to the global order we have seen since the collapse of communism. as populism realigns the muslim world, the lines between sects of islam are sharpening. have foughtshias for centuries and iran, the most political exporter of terrorism, wants to probe nuclear weapons into that mix. people often ask, would iran dare...
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president obama doesn't have much in common with ronald reagan. the difference between the two men is fairly simple. was a long to spread the wealth. the other to spread freedom. in my book "scorpions for breakfast" i tell of my meeting with president obama in the oval office. one 9 look him in the eye and i told him i didn't want to talk about his so-called comprehensive immigration reform. our border with out of control. i stand here today aiming to make a case on the subject of america's border with mexico and immigration policy. i know my words will be distorted by those who disagree. my opponents have already painted me as hardest and and compassionate. they are wrong. my record, my life, how long the critics are. it has nothing to do with skin color, nothing to do with extremism. instead it is rooted in freedom. it shares the spirit of our founding fathers request to form a more perfect union leaders will establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of l
president obama doesn't have much in common with ronald reagan. the difference between the two men is fairly simple. was a long to spread the wealth. the other to spread freedom. in my book "scorpions for breakfast" i tell of my meeting with president obama in the oval office. one 9 look him in the eye and i told him i didn't want to talk about his so-called comprehensive immigration reform. our border with out of control. i stand here today aiming to make a case on the subject of...
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the popular perception is deregulation was ronald reagan. the first two major deregulation acts were under jimmy carter. many democrats supported deregulation. .. the balance of the society. that is what it stands firm. not in a partisan belief. >> albright, donald barlett, james steele are the authors of this fascinating new book, "the betrayal of the american dream" and both journalists come extraordinary men. but your 70s now? >> guest: on most. >> host: but at the very top of american journalism and held up as a paragon, this is a truly book. i read it with great in the great interest. the book again is "the betrayal of the american dream." donald barlett, james steele, thank you for joining us. >> guest: thank you. >> guest: you're welcome. >> and you are watching booktv on c-span 2. we are on location in las vegas at freedom fast and as entrepreneur, wayne allyn root -- allyn root in his book, "the conscience of a libertarian". mr. root, if we start by giving us a quick bio of yourself so people know who's talking. >> guest: appgen aut
the popular perception is deregulation was ronald reagan. the first two major deregulation acts were under jimmy carter. many democrats supported deregulation. .. the balance of the society. that is what it stands firm. not in a partisan belief. >> albright, donald barlett, james steele are the authors of this fascinating new book, "the betrayal of the american dream" and both journalists come extraordinary men. but your 70s now? >> guest: on most. >> host: but at...
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my feeling is, if it's good enough for ronald reagan, it's good enough for me. so we have a top rate of 28% and we have a simplified tax code, a simplified tax code which i'll discuss in a minute which is not completely flat, but we have things there for a reason, to help promote strong and healthy society. i also believe in reducing the size of government. that's key. you can't just cut taxes and reduce as a result in large part revenues to the federal government without creating a balance by reducing the size of government. that's important, too, to remove the regulatory burden from the people in this country. i propose $5 trillion in reduction over five years. that can be funny math for a lot of folks in america. well, is that $5 trillion from the baseline or how does that all work as to whether that's real reductions or not? what i pledge is that we will spend less money every year than the year before, all four years, until we reach a balanced budget in five years $5 trillion in five years, less spending each year every year and we will reach a balanced bud
my feeling is, if it's good enough for ronald reagan, it's good enough for me. so we have a top rate of 28% and we have a simplified tax code, a simplified tax code which i'll discuss in a minute which is not completely flat, but we have things there for a reason, to help promote strong and healthy society. i also believe in reducing the size of government. that's key. you can't just cut taxes and reduce as a result in large part revenues to the federal government without creating a balance by...
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so the letters show many, many things about ronald reagan. one of the important ones that comes through to me is his instinct for the human being. human freedom was one of the great motivating beliefs that ronald reagan had. and let me just tell a story that illustrates this side of it. maybe many of you are not aware that the first deal ronald reagan did with the soviet union was a human rights deal. it involved getting the pentecostals, a religious group, i think five or seven of them had rushed into our embassy during the carter administration . and you couldn't expel them because you knew what the soviets would do to them. and so they were sitting there and they were kind of a symbol of what's wrong with that system . and with me as kind of a midwife, i helped to arrange a meeting of the ambassador with president reagan. and it was a result of a dinner that you invited my wife and i to over in the white house one snowy evening. it was so snowy that the reagans couldn't get a chopper to take them to camp david. they couldn't get a car to t
so the letters show many, many things about ronald reagan. one of the important ones that comes through to me is his instinct for the human being. human freedom was one of the great motivating beliefs that ronald reagan had. and let me just tell a story that illustrates this side of it. maybe many of you are not aware that the first deal ronald reagan did with the soviet union was a human rights deal. it involved getting the pentecostals, a religious group, i think five or seven of them had...
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romney talking about ronald reagan, obama talking about ronald reagan. let's just watch. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, he could not get through a republican primary today. >> i actually think ronald reagan would win handily in a primary and frankly in all the primaries as i look to what the president said, there were so many things i found to be distortions and inaccuracies, it's hard 0 give a full list. >> are these the main themes, chuck, we're going to be seeing? >> well, i think what you saw is we have the two also sort of strategies coming out here. yes, we have this vision sort of two-party vision that i think is going on. i'm starting to wonder out loud if we're going to almost have like a parliamentarily style offering from the two parties and you know, winner takes all type of thing. i think there's some gee graphic and map issues when it comes to senate and house races. ultimately, there seems to be two very stark camps. the other thing i notice is what the president did yesterday -- tie mit
romney talking about ronald reagan, obama talking about ronald reagan. let's just watch. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, he could not get through a republican primary today. >> i actually think ronald reagan would win handily in a primary and frankly in all the primaries as i look to what the president said, there were so many things i found to be distortions and inaccuracies, it's hard 0 give a full list. >> are these the...
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the fact is, when ronald reagan came here in 1974 and gave his famous speech in bold colors, no pale pastels, that was a decade in from reagan's national speech for barry goldwater, "a time for choosing." when ray guard campaigned in 1980, you could see the gap between the republican establishment and the conservative movement. reagan campaigned on supply-side economics, lore taxes, less regulation. lower american energy. praise for people creating jobs. the establishment called it voodoo economics. the gop establishment has a single word they use with contempt for conservative ideas. they say they're unrealistic. so creating 16 million jobs under reagan? unrealistic. ending the soviet union, unrealistic. when he was the in for reagan wrote a story pointing out the fight she and i was in over the question we should have a soviet campaign. the contract with america, unrealistic. the house republican majority of 1994 which, by the way, was elected by the largest vote ever, 9 million new voter, unrealistic. reforming welfare, unrealistic. cutting taxes, the largest capital gains tax cut
the fact is, when ronald reagan came here in 1974 and gave his famous speech in bold colors, no pale pastels, that was a decade in from reagan's national speech for barry goldwater, "a time for choosing." when ray guard campaigned in 1980, you could see the gap between the republican establishment and the conservative movement. reagan campaigned on supply-side economics, lore taxes, less regulation. lower american energy. praise for people creating jobs. the establishment called it...
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sincerely, ronald reagan. richard sweat, a new hampshire democratic congressman said ronald reagan turned his vote to a yes. he was then attacked by the gun lobby and he lost his re-election campaign in 1994. we know what president reagan would be saying today if he were still with us. he would support diane feinstein's bill just like he did in 1994. the reaganite position is to support feinstein's assault weapons ban. but self proclaimed reaganite newt gingrich has not been talking about the assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the killing of children and women in newtown, connecticut. newt gingrich doesn't blame the easy availability of assault weapons in this country for the murder of 26 at the sandy hook elementary school. he blames this. >> an anti-religious secular bureaucracy, and secular judiciary, seeking to drive god out of public life. >> newt gingrich was one of the members of congress who received that letter in 1994 co-signed by president reagan, asking him to vote yes on a ban on the domestic
sincerely, ronald reagan. richard sweat, a new hampshire democratic congressman said ronald reagan turned his vote to a yes. he was then attacked by the gun lobby and he lost his re-election campaign in 1994. we know what president reagan would be saying today if he were still with us. he would support diane feinstein's bill just like he did in 1994. the reaganite position is to support feinstein's assault weapons ban. but self proclaimed reaganite newt gingrich has not been talking about the...
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remember ronald reagan's inaugural address. he acknowledged we had been set aside in a very special way. we must not stray from our noble beginnings. he reminded us we be a free people living in faith with our makers and our future. standards of right and wrong to exist, and they must be lived up to. we are the heirs of patriots who cast off the chains of tyranny. immigrants who braved the seas. of pioneers who pushed into the great unknown. of soldiers who stormed foreign shores. farmers and workers laboring in farms and factories from dusk to dawn. they toiled so their children could have a better life. that is the america, and that is freedom. that is why we are exceptional. [cheers and applause] as president obama lacks a vision to lead, we will lead it. the door is open. our vision is as bold and strong and free as the country that we loved it. it is the vision of government that works for us and not against us. it is rooted in the old washington of our founders, not the washington of today's political class. of liberty an
remember ronald reagan's inaugural address. he acknowledged we had been set aside in a very special way. we must not stray from our noble beginnings. he reminded us we be a free people living in faith with our makers and our future. standards of right and wrong to exist, and they must be lived up to. we are the heirs of patriots who cast off the chains of tyranny. immigrants who braved the seas. of pioneers who pushed into the great unknown. of soldiers who stormed foreign shores. farmers and...
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i want to quote ronald reagan. the earned income tax credit is the best anti-poverty program, the best pro family, the best job creation measure to km out of congress. the earned income tax credit is a bipartisan idea and it was signed into law by president ford with a democratic congress and expanded by every president since ford, both democrat and republican. here's an opportunity where we might change the rhetoric in congress when we frequently hear that 47% of the american people don't pay taxes. of course they do. they pay the most onerous taxes, payroll taxes. it would be an easy way to stop some with the harsh rhetoric with that simple acknowledgement. president reagan was absolutely right, the earned income tax credit is extremely successful at increasing work and lowering welfare receipt. making our tax rules more fair for low and moderate income families and most importantly reducing poverty. in 2010, the credit lifted about 6. 3 million americans out of poverty. almost 3. 3 million children. without the
i want to quote ronald reagan. the earned income tax credit is the best anti-poverty program, the best pro family, the best job creation measure to km out of congress. the earned income tax credit is a bipartisan idea and it was signed into law by president ford with a democratic congress and expanded by every president since ford, both democrat and republican. here's an opportunity where we might change the rhetoric in congress when we frequently hear that 47% of the american people don't pay...
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the most famous part of that visit was the ride on horseback by ronald reagan and the queen. .. when they invited the royal couple on a 10 day visit to california, fulfilling the queen's long-held trained in seeing the west coast of the united states. but instead of disabled california sunshine, airport from san diego to go. it even rained in the desert in palm springs during their lunch ends at the home of former british ambassador walter annenberg.braving the when the queen insisted onhe bringing elements to tour the for granted is 208-acre estate,e she hopped into the maintenancel car that was filled with mops and brooms. reagan had promised the queenren horseback at his rancho del see yellow on a mountaintop near santa barbara. the relentless downpour fd of drive vehicles to climb the 7 miles of hair-thin turns up the mountain. despite concerns about the dangers the queen was eager to take the treacherous dirt wearing black leather boots and a macintosh. she says, if we can get there, let's go. the ride on horseback had to be canceled. a thick slog blocks the view, but the t
the most famous part of that visit was the ride on horseback by ronald reagan and the queen. .. when they invited the royal couple on a 10 day visit to california, fulfilling the queen's long-held trained in seeing the west coast of the united states. but instead of disabled california sunshine, airport from san diego to go. it even rained in the desert in palm springs during their lunch ends at the home of former british ambassador walter annenberg.braving the when the queen insisted onhe...
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but it was ronald reagan. he was drinking a screwdriver, and he was sitting there drinking, like, there wasn't any secret service people there and i were standing there and he was just kind of standard and it was made a couple people. been a photographer. it's not like now everybody is like this, you know. unless they had some twitch. so i, like did what i would normally, i went up and i said hello to but i didn't say hello to him. i said i'm not. [laughter] >> and he just looked at me and bobby have -- it's nice to have those people cto the dinners. w compassionate. anyway, i endedup in h kitchen. i ate his dinner, tied to the secret service guy. it was raining. it's fitting i'm here. i think i have something in common with ronald reagan. he was governor of california. i lived in california. [laughter] he was once a democrat. i once bought a counterfeit watch from times square. same thing. everybody makes mistakes. as an actor, he starred opposed a three-foot every chance named bonzo. i worked with bob dougla
but it was ronald reagan. he was drinking a screwdriver, and he was sitting there drinking, like, there wasn't any secret service people there and i were standing there and he was just kind of standard and it was made a couple people. been a photographer. it's not like now everybody is like this, you know. unless they had some twitch. so i, like did what i would normally, i went up and i said hello to but i didn't say hello to him. i said i'm not. [laughter] >> and he just looked at me...
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that's what ronald reagan did. it worked. we need to invite these reforming democrats, you know, erskine bowles, alice rivlin, the medicare ideas we've talked about, john bro, alice rivlin, ron wyden, they're all saying this is the best way to save this program. so we these to invite those democrats into our coalition, work with them so we can fix this country's problems not by cramming our vision of saving the country down their throat like they did, but by bringing the country together. tax reform and medicare reform, perfect examples, two of the biggest ideas that we have to do, and there are plenty of democrats who agree with what we're saying. so what we need to do is win, be magnanimous and include them in a coalition just like ronald reagan and tip o'neill did, and i think that's the secret to success. that's not the kind of democrats you have right now running congress or in the white house. but they do exist be, and so we need to invite them into the coalition. [applause] >> kind of a specific question here regarding
that's what ronald reagan did. it worked. we need to invite these reforming democrats, you know, erskine bowles, alice rivlin, the medicare ideas we've talked about, john bro, alice rivlin, ron wyden, they're all saying this is the best way to save this program. so we these to invite those democrats into our coalition, work with them so we can fix this country's problems not by cramming our vision of saving the country down their throat like they did, but by bringing the country together. tax...
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it was ronald reagan who bailed out social security, it was ronald reagan who gave amnesty to three million undocumented immigrants and saw the need for compassion there. so, again, i wish we could move back to that republican party. megyn: it gets very confusing, reagan, romney, ryan -- i don't know, it's an alliteration dream. >> i like all of them. megyn: thank you so much. >>> she allegedly chased her husband down with an suv, but she says it wasn't her fault. kelly's court with an update on this case that's just breaking, next. questions. when you're caring for a loved one with alzheimer's, not a day goes by that you don't have them. questions about treatment where to go for extra help, how to live better with the disease. so many questions, where do you start? alzheimers.gov. the answers start here. on the docket today, surprise developments in the what's being called the company new york stock exchange murder style -- xanax murder trial. in the case of brenda white after accusations by a friend of brenda's that she allegedly heard jurors discussing this case outside of the courtroom.
it was ronald reagan who bailed out social security, it was ronald reagan who gave amnesty to three million undocumented immigrants and saw the need for compassion there. so, again, i wish we could move back to that republican party. megyn: it gets very confusing, reagan, romney, ryan -- i don't know, it's an alliteration dream. >> i like all of them. megyn: thank you so much. >>> she allegedly chased her husband down with an suv, but she says it wasn't her fault. kelly's court...
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ronald reagan at the time. it's really interesting to watch this. newt, yes, using my father's name. they all use my father's name. barak obama uses my father's name. but newt gingrich is right when he says he worked with my father back during the 1980s, the reagan revolution, which changed everything in washington, d.c., gave us a great economy, lowered taxes. when he got into the 1990s he was the only republican i know of that helped take over the congress of the united states, first time in over 40 years. the republicans, in fact, took control of the congress of the united states, worked with bill clinton. and as i go around, i know everybody else does, too, they're saying they're really tired of washington, just this in fighting between the democrats and republicans. and newt gingrich is the only one i know that's actually worked with the other side of the aisle to get things done, to balance the budget, to reform welfare. and what have you. the exact same ideas, and ideals that my father had when he was go
ronald reagan at the time. it's really interesting to watch this. newt, yes, using my father's name. they all use my father's name. barak obama uses my father's name. but newt gingrich is right when he says he worked with my father back during the 1980s, the reagan revolution, which changed everything in washington, d.c., gave us a great economy, lowered taxes. when he got into the 1990s he was the only republican i know of that helped take over the congress of the united states, first time in...
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because this is the first speech i have given on ronald reagan. i have four books at out right now that the same time. it is driving me crazy. but i made notes on re again in case i open my mouth and nothing comes out. the reason i was approached to write the book and i accepted is because i realized two or three years ago my daughter caroline ad, 10 at the time, there were not teaching modern contemporary presidents or politics at all. yadda realizes politics is all around us. everyday they get a big dose of politics. they don't have tools to look up presidents. maybe there are a few books on other presidents and i the hot i would start a trend. i selected reagan because he was the most interesting of those contemporary presidents going back to john kennedy because of his childhood and his life. i like to write about movie stars but i have met to every president since kennedy, i was a reporter in washington 10 years. amid johnson, nixon, and ford when he was in the house. i met to carter coming into new york, i came and on sunday night and stoppe
because this is the first speech i have given on ronald reagan. i have four books at out right now that the same time. it is driving me crazy. but i made notes on re again in case i open my mouth and nothing comes out. the reason i was approached to write the book and i accepted is because i realized two or three years ago my daughter caroline ad, 10 at the time, there were not teaching modern contemporary presidents or politics at all. yadda realizes politics is all around us. everyday they...
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everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we are committed to sticking to the schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming. we will see you elsewhere during the day. >> here is a look at some of what we are covering on the c- span network today. at 1230 on c-span, the federalist society previews the upcoming supreme court term. remarks from education secretary arne duncan on c-span 2, the new america foundation looks at child care and education policy.
everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we are committed to sticking to the schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming....
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. >>> online auction putting former president ronald reagan's blood up for sale. >>> dramatic rescue of a 13-year-old boy after falling 300 feet down a waterfall how he clinged for his life more than eight hours on a rock. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a us airways plane is clear to takeoff again after being diverted to maine two fighter jets escorted the plane on what the tsa calls an abundance of caution. the flight from paris to charlotte, north carolina had 179 passengers and nine crewmembers onboard. a source is saying the scare was prompted by a passenger female passenger announcing she had a surgically implanted device and another official said she appeared to be mentally unstable. again, everyone fine. >>> ronald reagan's foundation blasting an online auction house for selling a vial of dried blood residue that belonged to the former president saying the vial was used that tested his blood after his 1981 assassination attempt. the blood is being sold by the son of a woman who took pit from the lab, with permission, -- who took from it the lab,
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who is this in a reagan mask but it was ronald reagan. he was drinking a screwdriver and he was sitting there drinking. there weren't really any service people there and i was standing there. he was kind of standing there and they had a photographer there. it's not like now where everybody is like this. so why did what i would normally do, at one up to them and said hello to him but i didn't say hello. i said -- [laughter] he just looked at me and said -- it's nice that they have those people come to these dinners. how compassionate. anyway i ended up in the kitchen. i ate his dinner and talk to the secret service guy, played the piano. remember her? don't worry. it's fitting i'm here. i think i have something in common with ronald reagan. he was governor of california. i lived in california. [laughter] he was once a democrat. via once bought a counterfeit watch in times square. the same thing. everybody makes mistakes. as an actor, i opposed a three-foot hairy chimp made bonzo. i worked with -- no, no, no. that was cheap. that was cheap.
who is this in a reagan mask but it was ronald reagan. he was drinking a screwdriver and he was sitting there drinking. there weren't really any service people there and i was standing there. he was kind of standing there and they had a photographer there. it's not like now where everybody is like this. so why did what i would normally do, at one up to them and said hello to him but i didn't say hello. i said -- [laughter] he just looked at me and said -- it's nice that they have those people...
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reagan and covered ronald reagan, to see documents that say ronald reagan is and in former, not an informant but and in former. maybe you could show us how you could determine that. >> that began in hollywood right after world war ii. one night in 1946 fbi agents knocked on ronald reagan's door and told him of that there were communists and liberal groups he was involved in and as reagan rose in his memoir, these fbi agents opened my eyes to a good many things. what documents show is what reagan only hinted at, that reagan -- provided information about fellow actors and his opponents and the screen actors guild, and j. edgar hoover repaid those favors. here is one document here is one document about reagan and the fbi. >> can you read that out there. >> i will summarize and then go to the pertinent part. this is a document from august 4th, 1947, and is a report on the fbi's investigation into hollywood. one of the areas the fbi was looking at was alleged communist infiltration of labor unions. one of the main unions is the screen actors guild, you can see here this is the index, and the scre
reagan and covered ronald reagan, to see documents that say ronald reagan is and in former, not an informant but and in former. maybe you could show us how you could determine that. >> that began in hollywood right after world war ii. one night in 1946 fbi agents knocked on ronald reagan's door and told him of that there were communists and liberal groups he was involved in and as reagan rose in his memoir, these fbi agents opened my eyes to a good many things. what documents show is what...
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and this is why if ronald reagan is interesting. he goes to eureka college, tiny little place and if you study closely what you can see it's like harry truman who didn't finish college, only modern president didn't have a college degree, they both of their particular political the machinations or their own self education. in ronald reagan's defense case it is the years in hollywood and traveling around the country when he's reading of the early modern classics of the american conservative movement whitaker chambers witness, the economics and one was in his reading and the speeches, he's doing all of that on his island. i think it's possible but ronald reagan could have been ruined by the conventional ivy league education. and, so that would be the most interesting. harry truman read history from a very early age and one of the things he says, and i quote in my book, something like a person sits here at this desk in the oval office ought to know his american history. good for him. contrast sharply, i can't resist, contrast sharply wi
and this is why if ronald reagan is interesting. he goes to eureka college, tiny little place and if you study closely what you can see it's like harry truman who didn't finish college, only modern president didn't have a college degree, they both of their particular political the machinations or their own self education. in ronald reagan's defense case it is the years in hollywood and traveling around the country when he's reading of the early modern classics of the american conservative...
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ronald reagan was in essence holding the states hostage. we're going to take all of this money away from you if you don't listen to us in the federal government. >> did they all buckle? >> they all buckled. even wisconsin although i think wisconsin was the second to last state. >> i'm sure grudgingly. >> very grudgingly. now of course the story is much earlier than that, the story of the federal government getting involved and speaking to a knowledgeable group of school teachers and historians and public historians, i don't have to tell you about prohibition. and the federal government's great social experiment. what i did have to tell my fellow guys here, this was about the legacy of prohibition. >> brian, seems to me from what you're saying alcohol drives the expansion of the federal state. >> that's exactly right. and one can make a very good case for big government, so called, beginning not with the new deal but beginning with prohibition. for those of you who want to say sayonara, good riddance to big government, we got rid of prohibit
ronald reagan was in essence holding the states hostage. we're going to take all of this money away from you if you don't listen to us in the federal government. >> did they all buckle? >> they all buckled. even wisconsin although i think wisconsin was the second to last state. >> i'm sure grudgingly. >> very grudgingly. now of course the story is much earlier than that, the story of the federal government getting involved and speaking to a knowledgeable group of school...
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to get there you can do what ronald reagan and george washington did. they understood margaret thatcher's rules for stephen the argument then you win the vote. george washington denied that they were marching to climb on the votes in the snow storm had his officers greeted the opening pages of thomas kane's latest pamphlet which washington had asked him to write. he was the great pamphleteer with common sense and describe the declaration of independence and now it was turning out to be really hard. in july of 1776 had turned into a bitter and painful depressing and demoralizing series of defeats. when washington had the crisis which begins these are the times as washington said the first to win the argument then you in the war. people had to believe. i just came here tonight to say to you we have no reason to despair, no reason to back off, no reason to surrender but you have every reason to behave as americans. i look forward to questions. [applause] [applause] so, the speaker has been kind enough to give us a few minutes for questions and answers and
to get there you can do what ronald reagan and george washington did. they understood margaret thatcher's rules for stephen the argument then you win the vote. george washington denied that they were marching to climb on the votes in the snow storm had his officers greeted the opening pages of thomas kane's latest pamphlet which washington had asked him to write. he was the great pamphleteer with common sense and describe the declaration of independence and now it was turning out to be really...
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this is ronald reagan. thanks for listening. (end of excerpt) c-span: what was your reaction the first time you heard that? >> guest: oh, it was emotional. i've heard it ma--a few times now. we've played it to audiences as we've discussed our book in the last couple of months, and it's a--it's an emotional one, because you also see rea--reagan as a--his kind of emotional side. and it's authentic reagan. it's just who he is and how he thought, and it just, i think, gives a lot of credibility to the--the book, because you see him writing as he's talking. you see him thinking, looking out of a window, thinking about, you know, the fact that he has to write these things. he's really writing this as he's watching the cars, so i think it's wonderful. c-span: now did--did you go into this project with a certain idea of who ronald reagan was? and have you changed your mind? >> guest: i didn't, and so i didn't go in with a certain view. i think had i--had i had a s--fixed view of reagan, i don't know that i would have even asked for the
this is ronald reagan. thanks for listening. (end of excerpt) c-span: what was your reaction the first time you heard that? >> guest: oh, it was emotional. i've heard it ma--a few times now. we've played it to audiences as we've discussed our book in the last couple of months, and it's a--it's an emotional one, because you also see rea--reagan as a--his kind of emotional side. and it's authentic reagan. it's just who he is and how he thought, and it just, i think, gives a lot of...
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ronald reagan. what is the problem that was so grave? what was bigger than the individual -- >> he didn't believe in using the federal government. so it must have been star wars. >> yeah, star wars. >> berlin wall. >> wrong, wrong, wrong. >> no? >> i'm convinced it will help state legislators to act in the national interest to save our children's lives by raising the drinking age to 21 across the country. >> this was about drunk driving. this was about alcohol. this was about something that i think most of us in this room think is a terrible thing, driving while drunk. but it's an example of how commonplace it became for the federal government to get involved in issues of health and safety in the 20th century. so much so, that even perhaps the strongest anti-big government president of the 20th century, well, there's some competition, but ronald reagan who defended the 10th amendment, who stood up for states' rights, said the federal government has to get involved when mothers against drunk drivers say that this is real trouble. and thos
ronald reagan. what is the problem that was so grave? what was bigger than the individual -- >> he didn't believe in using the federal government. so it must have been star wars. >> yeah, star wars. >> berlin wall. >> wrong, wrong, wrong. >> no? >> i'm convinced it will help state legislators to act in the national interest to save our children's lives by raising the drinking age to 21 across the country. >> this was about drunk driving. this was about...
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that's a lie it was later debunked ronald reagan never sat with a group of african-american teenagers who talked about the minimum wage hurting them and it in fact people tried to track down those people just like they tried to track down his famous welfare queen couldn't find it but he said it sincerely just like he talked sincerely when he took credit for creating workplace see the legislation as governor of california. we created an ocean an occupational safety and health agency for the protection of employees before the federal government had one in place and to this day not one of his decisions or rulings has ever been challenged so i think some of those charges are missing the point i suggest not true again osha was passed by democrats in california over ronald reagan's objections but rumor talk sincerely and people will believe it actually large parts of what was ocean california was set up long before ronald reagan it which any out sets up this claim made by reagan against the department of energy catch this. the department of energy is a multi-billion dollar budget in action
that's a lie it was later debunked ronald reagan never sat with a group of african-american teenagers who talked about the minimum wage hurting them and it in fact people tried to track down those people just like they tried to track down his famous welfare queen couldn't find it but he said it sincerely just like he talked sincerely when he took credit for creating workplace see the legislation as governor of california. we created an ocean an occupational safety and health agency for the...
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ronald reagan was the exemplar. he was the best vote getter. it was his lieutenant governor robert finch, and the only man familiar on politics reagan really respected i think. and i think reagan saw the need from -- after the goldwater defeat, that if republicans had to cooperate, and it to an affirmative conservatism that could some sof of the nation's problems. >> the reference was pretty terrible in the early 60s. it was reagan who posed this 11th kmanment. it tended to moderate the conversation and probably the philosophy a bit, too. >> al has a book coming out in the next couple of years on william buckley. >> thank you. >> okay. from new jersey originally. in jeff's book he attributes one of the causes of the moderates' demise to their inability or lack of interest in doing precinct work, organization ability. lee talks about conservatives taking over the party machinery, which they're relinquished. my question is and i looked back at that period, you had about a third of the senate called themselves moderate republicans and they had two
ronald reagan was the exemplar. he was the best vote getter. it was his lieutenant governor robert finch, and the only man familiar on politics reagan really respected i think. and i think reagan saw the need from -- after the goldwater defeat, that if republicans had to cooperate, and it to an affirmative conservatism that could some sof of the nation's problems. >> the reference was pretty terrible in the early 60s. it was reagan who posed this 11th kmanment. it tended to moderate the...
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the most famous part of that visit was the ride on horseback by ronald reagan and the queen which was a photo opportunity that had taken months of orchestration by white house officials and british diplomats. reagan told reporters afterwards that the queen was charming and down to earth and he observed that she was really in charge of that animal. reagan returned to favor the following february when they invited the royal couple on a ten day visit to california, fulfilling the queen's long-held dream of seeing the west coast of the united states. but instead of the fabled california sunshine, it poured from san diego to san francisco. it even rained out in the desert in palm springs during their emotion at their home of former british ambassador walter adams. when the queen insisted on braving the elements to tour the grounds of the 200 acre estate, she hopped into the maintenance car that was filled with mops and brooms. reagan had promised the queen a western-style ride on horseback, on a mountaintop near santa barbara. the relentless downpour forced the host to arrange 4 wheel driv
the most famous part of that visit was the ride on horseback by ronald reagan and the queen which was a photo opportunity that had taken months of orchestration by white house officials and british diplomats. reagan told reporters afterwards that the queen was charming and down to earth and he observed that she was really in charge of that animal. reagan returned to favor the following february when they invited the royal couple on a ten day visit to california, fulfilling the queen's long-held...
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reagan, having covered ronald reagan was to see documents that say ronald reagan is an informer. not an informant, but an informer. how did that start, and maybe you could show us how you could determine that. >> yeah. that began in hollywood right after world war ii. one night in 1946 fbi agents knocked on ronald reagan's door or and told him that there were communists in some of the liberal groups that he was involved in. and as reagan wrote in his memoir, these fbi agents opened my eyes to a good many things. what the fbi documents show is what reagan only hinted at, that reagan proceeded to become an active informer in hollywood, that he provided information about fellow actors and about his opponents in the screen actors guild and that in subsequent years j. edgar hoover repaid those favors by giving reagan personal and political help even though it was beyond the fbi's jurisdiction to do so. and here's one document about reagan and the fbi. >> can you read that out there? >> no. >> can't read it? >> i'll summarize it and go to the pertinent part. this is from august 4, 1937
reagan, having covered ronald reagan was to see documents that say ronald reagan is an informer. not an informant, but an informer. how did that start, and maybe you could show us how you could determine that. >> yeah. that began in hollywood right after world war ii. one night in 1946 fbi agents knocked on ronald reagan's door or and told him that there were communists in some of the liberal groups that he was involved in. and as reagan wrote in his memoir, these fbi agents opened my...
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and about that. >>> ronald reagan who has ever called is not accused of being a socialist understood repeatedly that's when the deficit started to get out of control that for him to make a deal you have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. he did it multiple times. he did not get through republican primary today. i asked our political analyst about this. >>> idea of residents of bonn was really saying is the truth which is that all the republicans are looking for social conservatism in the fabric of somebody like ronald reagan the positions they're being forced to take in some of these seven states especially are so extreme that their positions are more than likely president reagan wouldn't taken all those years ago when he ran. >>> the republican race may not be officially decided for a while it may take from the until the california primary on june 5th to get the needed delegate count. elizabeth cook cbs five. >>> is a chance to lock in the shoes of a loved one with a degenerative disease. the tools used to give us a rare look inside the world's of someone with dementia
and about that. >>> ronald reagan who has ever called is not accused of being a socialist understood repeatedly that's when the deficit started to get out of control that for him to make a deal you have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. he did it multiple times. he did not get through republican primary today. i asked our political analyst about this. >>> idea of residents of bonn was really saying is the truth which is that all the republicans are looking for...
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i don't think ronald reagan was hip. you know what's funny, if people talk about ronald ray began to this day -- reagan to this day of how conservative he was, he raised taxes, this and that, but for some reason he exemplified what was special about the american idea. and i do think that, i mean, no one would ever describe ronald reagan as hip, but he could articulate something that nobody else could. i had a strong feeling that mitt was getting there after the first debate, and i saw it when he said that one line like i've been doing this for 25 years, and i have no idea what you're talking about. [laughter] [applause] like, whoa, that was an amazing line. his mistake, and i said this over and over again, why did he drop libya? i don't know why. he got scared after the foley thing, and then i think that, you know, he had a glimpse of what he could do and the aggression and that stuff, and maybe he was too nice a guy. but i agree with you, i think like when you remember back in the primary and there were 13 people, by th
i don't think ronald reagan was hip. you know what's funny, if people talk about ronald ray began to this day -- reagan to this day of how conservative he was, he raised taxes, this and that, but for some reason he exemplified what was special about the american idea. and i do think that, i mean, no one would ever describe ronald reagan as hip, but he could articulate something that nobody else could. i had a strong feeling that mitt was getting there after the first debate, and i saw it when...
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same with ronald reagan, paying his visit to capitol hill. why do we not see that any more? is it two sides or environment is so hardened? >> i think so. i also think that personality of these two men would not be best described as anti-social they to. but we're seeing this weird culture of bipartisan, you know we were supposed to put it away after the elect, and think about what is best of the country. i think they are staaing separate, they should be eating at the same table now. neil: they are not doing that. there is so much you could dodo with a serogate, and say surprise it seems to me, dr., doctor when ronald reagan heard things come up out of capitol hill, or tip o'neill he brought him over to the white house, said how can we compromise on this his famous line, i would rather get 80% of a loaf or no loaf at all, we don't see it, it is either my way or the highway, and i blame motorcycl both side. >> i do too, you said the word, compromise that is what works in great marriaging and even politics. meet in the middle. neil: why not have it at the white house? i think th
same with ronald reagan, paying his visit to capitol hill. why do we not see that any more? is it two sides or environment is so hardened? >> i think so. i also think that personality of these two men would not be best described as anti-social they to. but we're seeing this weird culture of bipartisan, you know we were supposed to put it away after the elect, and think about what is best of the country. i think they are staaing separate, they should be eating at the same table now. neil:...
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and they would say i would do what ronald reagan did. and then there was the 2008 campaign on the democratic side, there was a big argument about ronald reagan, which as nancy was hinting, obama basically said i will be more reaganesque than clinton ever was. an astonishing thing to happen. these men will come out of the office with huge stars, even when they are very successful. the thing that binds men from different parties and different generations in the club after it's all over, that make some friends when you least suspect it, is that they all come out of office with burdens and regrets. things they wish they could do over. even the ones that turn out well, but they have misgivings. this is a famous picture from 1961. mrs. john f. kennedy's first trip to camp david come the place named after ike's grandson. it was not a cordial call. it was because -- how many days was that? >> unwanted. >> literally, eisenhower is taking kennedy to the woodshed and kennedy is new to office. he had re-organize the white house around his own decisi
and they would say i would do what ronald reagan did. and then there was the 2008 campaign on the democratic side, there was a big argument about ronald reagan, which as nancy was hinting, obama basically said i will be more reaganesque than clinton ever was. an astonishing thing to happen. these men will come out of the office with huge stars, even when they are very successful. the thing that binds men from different parties and different generations in the club after it's all over, that make...
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the most famous part of that visit was the ride on horseback by ronald reagan and the queen. .. at the home of former british ambassador walter annenberg. when the claim insisted on braving the elements to tour the grounds of the 200-acre estate she hopped into the main and start that was filled with mops and brooms. reagan had promised the queen arrest and style ride on horseback at his rancho del see yellow on a mountaintop near santa barbara. the relentless downpour forced the house to arrange 4-wheel drive vehicles to climb the 7 miles of hair-thin turns up the mountain. despite concerns about the dangers the queen was eager to take the treacherous dirt wearing black leather boots and a macintosh. she says, if we can get there, let's go. the ride on horseback had to be canceled. a thick slog blocks the view, but the two couples had a lunch of tacos and enchiladas and three fried beans. that was so enjoyable, the queen said, especially they used beans. [laughter] in san francisco there was a black-tie dinner in honor of a queen and prince philip at the museum. watching the cl
the most famous part of that visit was the ride on horseback by ronald reagan and the queen. .. at the home of former british ambassador walter annenberg. when the claim insisted on braving the elements to tour the grounds of the 200-acre estate she hopped into the main and start that was filled with mops and brooms. reagan had promised the queen arrest and style ride on horseback at his rancho del see yellow on a mountaintop near santa barbara. the relentless downpour forced the house to...